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unˈswayed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Unwielded; uncontrolled.
1594Shakes. Rich. III, iv. iv. 470 Is the Chayre emptie? is the Sword vnsway'd? Is the King dead? c1600― Sonn. cxli, Nor my fiue sences can Disuade one foolish heart from seruing thee, Who leaues vnswai'd the likenesse of a man, Thy proud hearts slaue..to be.
2. Uninfluenced, unaffected.
1615Sandys Trav. iii. 154, I will declare what I haue obserued, vnswayed with either of their vices. 1652Benlowes Theoph. ii. li, Make haste Lest you into despair be cast: The Judge unsway'd. 1718J. Hughes Patriot 14 Where's the patriot, by these virtues known, Unsway'd by others' passions, or his own? 1808Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1835) IV. 249 It was my opinion (unswayed, I trust, by any unworthy motives) that [etc.]. 1847Harris Life Ld. Hardwicke II. 327 Perseverance in the strict line of honesty and duty, unswayed by any considerations of this nature.
3. Unmoved, unstirred.
1851Hawthorne Snow Image, etc. (1883) 200 The drops of rain that came down in monotonous succession, unswayed by a breath of wind.
Hence unˈswayedness.
a1656Hales Gold. Rem. i. (1673) 246 That constancy and unswayedness in our lives and actions. |